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P.E.P. CAD CONVERTER SAVES “3.5” HOURS DAILY
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Customer:
Sureway Metal Systems. |
Contact:
Don Smith / Cutting Department Manager |
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File: Item61.dxf |
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Former
Software: Turbo Cut / Design Cad |
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Breakdown of actual job run at Sureway Metals: Simple Cad
Drawings like the one below were taking the programming department at Sureway
Metals more than one hour to clean up, sequence, assign lead-ins, nest
and post the part. Since purchasing
P.E.P., they now do the same job automatically in less than 5 minutes. |
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Process:
PEP ŕ
Total time 3 minutes
47 seconds a) Cad Convert customers dxf / 10 seconds b) Auto Nest and post / 33 seconds c) Operator download nest to machine /
3 minutes. d) Press the start button on the
machine control 2 seconds.
The P.E.P. Error Report produced
“Automatically” at the time of converting the CAD file above.
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Process:
Turbo Cut / Design Cad ŕ Total time 1
hour 35 minutes a) Import part into Design Cad file
format.
(.dc2) b) Manually clean up file…broken
lines, double lines, etc. / 30 minutes c) Manually Draw Lead ins and lead
outs in design cad. / 20 minutes d) Put all geo’s to be cut on one
layer. e) Kerf every cutout. (Item61 has 127
holes) / 15 minutes f)
Convert
.dc2 file into Turbo Cut format. g) Generate NC code through Turbo Cut. h) Bring part back into Design Cad and
fix bad geo’s that Turbo Cut created. / 20
minutes i)
Send
single part file out to the work center where the operator creates a step and
repeat grid. / 10 minutes |
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AN INTERVIEW
WITH DON SMITH @ Sureway Metal Systems
1.
What is your title? Burning/Laser Manager
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What are you
responsible for? Engineering, Prototyping and
Programming
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How long has Sureway
been operating cutting machines? 35 years
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How many lasers are
you responsible for? 1 laser 2 flame tables
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How many years of
experience does the most experienced programmer have programming lasers? 6 years
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How many years of CAD
experience does the most experienced programmer have? 6 years
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What Cad software was
used to create the drawing? Design Cad, customer supplied the file.
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Who converted and
nested the part with P.E.P.? Laser Programmer
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How many parts do you
expect to convert and nest each week? Unlimited
10. Other than the automation, what is the most impressive
feature of the Cad Converter? Ease of use
11. What do you see being the biggest advantage to converting
with the P.E.P. Cad Converter? Speed, Ease of use.
12. Did you believe P.E.P.’s claim about doing 8 hours of
programming in less than 2 hours? No, I do now!
13. What programming feature other than the Cad Converter do
you like the most? Plate consumption is far less than I thought
it would be using auto nesting.
14. How much will the Cad Converter impact new sales? Hard to say, I do
know that the programming / cutting department will operate twice as efficient
as it did before the PEP purchase.
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Along with all this,
I have to say that the product support at PEP is by far the best I have ever
dealt with! PEP’s support staff have
been extremely helpful in every issue that came up. They have never made me feel like “not this
guy again”. This program saves
me a lot of time, time is money! The PEP Software is very easy to use and I
can not stress enough how much everyone needs it. All said, I cannot think of
one single downside to this software or it’s support. Everything has been
great and I look forward to a long relationship between Sureway and PEP.
Thanks P.E.P. Technology, for everything! Don Smith Sureway Metal
Systems Laser / Burning
Department Manager
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